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BANNED: Wendy's Commercial !!!!!! watch!

youtube.com — As you may or may not know, I used to write advertising for Wendy's. They told my agency that they didn't want anyone to see this commercial. Forget that, I don't work for them anymore so what are they gonna do? Here's a commercial I liked that was rejected by Wendy's.

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  • thetzfreak, on 03/15/2008, -18/+423It's pretty funny. Why would they ban this?
    • brad3378, on 03/15/2008, -4/+196Burger Terrorists?
      • sterntastic223, on 03/15/2008, -1/+21That or the guy on youtube is full of *****
        • daRoach, on 03/15/2008, -3/+15Yeah I call shenanigans on "banned". I remember seeing this on TV around Christmas.
      • theaceoffire, on 03/15/2008, -13/+1You can our men, but you can never take our Burger!
      • unicronband, on 03/15/2008, -3/+27They hate us for our Freedom Fries.
      • Sil369, on 03/15/2008, -1/+4What about that commerical of the the guy who ate a spicy burger in an office and each time he opened his mouth fire came out.... I DON'T think it was Wendy's...but lol....it made it on-air.
        • alphabetagaga, on 03/16/2008, -1/+2Dairy Queen Flamethrower burger. It's ***** awesome.
      • loroleg, on 03/15/2008, -0/+11By saying an advert has been banned it makes people want to see it.

        Viral marketing at work as usual.
    • trunkster, on 03/15/2008, -7/+217Because.... this is what happened to Dave... :(
      • morninglorii, on 03/15/2008, -7/+2omg so wrong but i laughed so hard :(
        • sarge96, on 03/15/2008, -7/+4Wow... That's like a triple whammy of stupid..... "omg", then you have the lack of capitalization, followed by a smiley. All around unacceptable.
          • badjoke, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1Even though you're being dugg down, people agree with you. Agreed, my friend. He could've tossed on a "lol" instead of a period for extra effect.
        • exomni, on 03/16/2008, -2/+1What "so wrong" about that comment?
    • dinostabOMG, on 03/15/2008, -2/+154So that you watch it on youtube instead of ignore it on television?
      • keatonkeaton998, on 03/15/2008, -1/+8Good comment. It's true this would have passed by on TV without me thinking twice about it. This is probably getting a lot more attention than it would have had on TV.
      • MicronXD, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0I'm going to buy one now.... just for this
    • Culled, on 03/15/2008, -3/+245Because it's a marketing stunt. They say this is secret and nobody can look at it and then everyone goes "wow I saw something I wasn't supposed to see I must show it to all my friends"
      • repick3, on 03/15/2008, -4/+3Too bad the video was posted 2 years ago.
        • tublo, on 03/15/2008, -3/+0Wrong, 1 year ago
        • genpatton7, on 03/15/2008, -3/+1Both wrong, 3 days ago.
        • L4WL3RS34L, on 03/15/2008, -3/+2All wrong. 1 year and 3 days ago.
        • whxre, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3Who cares when it was posted? Their marketing scheme still seems to be working, no?

          I bet now the video is now more popular than ever.
      • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3Clearly a PR stunt.
      • Jones82, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1If this commercial wasn't BANNED then no one would be digging this
        • jpickar, on 03/16/2008, -0/+0I'll be honest man, I posted this video over a year ago. I don't know what got it digging now. That would be one long lasting PR stunt if wendy's waited over a year to get something dugg.

          It was banned from national airplay, I decided to put it online.
    • Shadowfox99, on 03/15/2008, -5/+12he blow'd up
      • rabiddachshund, on 03/15/2008, -0/+8correction: he done blow'd up.
      • stoanhart, on 03/15/2008, -0/+9Body asplode?
      • BossKey, on 03/16/2008, -0/+4he blowed up real good.
      • FatLoser, on 03/16/2008, -1/+2I thought we were in for some good 'ol throbbing hard IR penis... sort of caught me off guard.
    • danthegrant, on 03/15/2008, -7/+47perhaps because it involved a brown-skinned man with a foreign accent and a person exploding? it would probably be upsetting to some moron out there
      • NoPis10, on 03/15/2008, -11/+2he was obviously indian and they are a peace loving people so i don't see the problem. If this is the reason then it's another example of how much of a PC world we live in.
        • andburn1, on 03/15/2008, -4/+17Indians are peace loving people is just as offensive as black people are violent. Generalizations are wrong, positive or negative. Not to mention stupid.
          • giveer, on 03/15/2008, -4/+3Only that to humans, referring them as peace-loving is supposed to be a compliment. And anyone who takes a compliment and says "***** you" in return needs a slap.
          • RobotBuddha, on 03/16/2008, -2/+1I think he's referring to the culture of India, not the race. Not that it makes it any more accurate.
          • ad33lshahid, on 03/16/2008, -0/+4generalizing all generalizations as stupid is stupid
          • iancorey, on 03/16/2008, -1/+1What's up Pakistan's ass?
        • Dissonance, on 03/15/2008, -1/+6India's minorities and lower castes might disagree that Indians are 'peace loving.' :( Hindu mobs can be quite deadly, and in some cases genocidal. Torture and lynchings are also common, often by the police.
    • notanidiot, on 03/15/2008, -7/+6Better question... WHO banned it? I seriously doubt this breaks any obscenity laws...
      • LordVance, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3Did you even read the summary? It wasn't legally banned, it was rejected by Wendy's and they told the agency that they did not want anyone seeing the video.
        • notanidiot, on 03/15/2008, -3/+2No, actually I didn't read the summary, I just saw the title and watched the video. The title, which by the way, was misusing the word "banned."
        • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -1/+3In other news: The whole thing is a viral marketing stunt.
      • BossKey, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2Nobody banned it. The headline should just say "rejected."
        • FatLoser, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2yeah, diggers are more familiar with the latter term. Just pretend like Wendy's is a girl named... well, Wendy. And you are this commercial.
    • mchugh22, on 03/15/2008, -4/+72In other news Wendy's sales' triple in Iraq.
      • moolaismyfriend, on 03/15/2008, -2/+6lol, good one sir, you win.
      • brad3378, on 03/15/2008, -1/+8Everybody stay calm - he has a burger!
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 03/15/2008, -2/+110Its a viral marketing ad.
      They paid a firm to post it to youtube, and submit it to sites like Digg, facebook, etc.
      • ligyron, on 03/15/2008, -2/+3Yup, was just about to post the same thing. It's blindly obvious after reading the youtube description that that's what's going on
      • PorkFat, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1Why the hell would they viral market a sandwich promotion that's almost a year old? I haven't seen these in Wendy's in a long time.
        • GramarNatzi, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3Thats exactly what they want you to think.

          ... oh ***** they're reading my mind!
      • Soulbow2, on 03/15/2008, -1/+1I agree. I don't buy the description on that video.
      • shadoturtl, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3crap. now that this worked, companies will rehash those youtube movies made a few years ago and try to resubmit to sites like digg. some viral video company will put "got wendy's commercial to front page of digg" in a proopsal and dupe countless other businesses. sigh.
      • Sil369, on 03/15/2008, -2/+4Thanks for pointing it out.
        It needs to be buried as INACCURATE.
        • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -1/+3We need to send a message to viral spammers that we don't want this crap on Digg.
      • notanidiot, on 03/15/2008, -3/+1Why pay a firm to do that? I can do that for them for a much lower price than they payed whatever firm.
        • MacSuxWindozSux, on 03/16/2008, -1/+2Trust me. They pay firms to do this. And it works.
      • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -2/+1Funny how viral marketing no longer works nearly as good as it used to.
      • MMSQ3, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1Do you REALLY need to PAY someone to post something on youtube....
    • Simply_J, on 03/15/2008, -1/+18Banned for saying eating Wendy's will kill you. Truth in advertising?
    • koopertrooper, on 03/15/2008, -3/+4I think the company just didn't like it
    • moolaismyfriend, on 03/15/2008, -3/+14Because it's the quickest way to 72 virgins and an afterlife of bliss?
      • h4mx0r, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2the trick is with the jalapenos apparently.
    • diggthisman, on 03/15/2008, -3/+5Because the neocons would associate this ads with x-ray (at airport) with explosion (terrorists). Thanks Bush, you mofo.
    • db0255, on 03/15/2008, -1/+7Why would the advertising company MAKE the commercial and spend the money, AND THEN, submit it to wendy's? I would think they would come up with the idea, submit it, and then when it becomes accepted, make the commercial...
      • GhostyBoy, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3That's not really how the advertising industry works. They will make dozens of pilots that never get aired. Same with television. The first episode is the 'pilot' which is submitted to the networks, there are thousands of fully produced pilots that have never seen the light of day.

        This could still easily be a cheesy viral marketing gimmick though.
        • db0255, on 03/17/2008, -0/+1how can i get my hands on these pilots then?
    • engmar, on 03/15/2008, -4/+16"Why would they ban this?" They wouldn't. This is ***** viral marketing SPAM.
    • misskari, on 03/15/2008, -1/+6How 'bout because the sandwich caused a guy to explode? Kinda negative. I'm not sure Wendy's wants to perpetuate that notion.
    • EarlOfLade, on 03/15/2008, -1/+4Now I really want to go to Wendys and buy a burger with blown up parts from a human body...

      • notanidiot, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5Ahhh, so thats where that finger in the chili came from!
    • captZEEbo, on 03/15/2008, -1/+12it's not banned, it just wasn't chosen. Misleading titles on digg are annoying.
    • LongShlong, on 03/15/2008, -2/+3Yep... Not banned, but rejected.
    • MrSkrilla, on 03/16/2008, -3/+1maybe because they said "4 hits of heat" such as "4 hits of acid"... afterwards they showed the person's mind and body changing effects after taking a bite
    • Herostratos, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1It is not banned, they simply did not show it.
    • kajoob, on 03/16/2008, -0/+6Because it's not banned, however if you use the word "banned" in a headline, it has an approximately 98.4392032% better chance of making the front page.
      • sarixe, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2i need to get a copy of your calculator, sir
      • MMSQ3, on 03/16/2008, -1/+4Does this work with digging up comments too?

        >>BANNED COMMENT: Man questions submitters methods.
    • diggimator, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1Whenever digg says a commercial is banned, I've learned to assume that it's not, because that's how it is 99.9% of the time here.
    • koolmoecraig, on 03/16/2008, -0/+3It was never banned. The actor in it is a friend of mine and this commercial aired plenty of times last year at least in the LA market.

      BS VIRAL MARKETING!
  • Cryptocracy, on 08/17/2008, -7/+279I just got a craving for something spicy hot. This ad is too effective.
    • isiz, on 03/15/2008, -1/+7Then the spicy baconator is for you, my friend.
    • artish, on 03/15/2008, -0/+10how much did they pay you to write that ?
      • lotsa1s, on 03/15/2008, -0/+9Wendy's new Spicy Chicken Sandwich is reward enough.
        • Akraz, on 03/15/2008, -0/+6I wouldnt call it "new". its been around for almost 5-7 years if not more. However, it is possibly the greatest chicken sandwhich ive ever eaten. and is the ONLY reason i go to Wendy's.
          • FatLoser, on 03/16/2008, -1/+1Everybody, imagine if you will how nice and peaceful things would have been had Akraz's hands and mouth been filled with Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich instead of blabbing on in the above comment. Oh, and Wendy's is also open late, so you can eat great, even late. Midnight or later. Nothing cools the fire of a Spicy Chicken Sandwich like a nice smooth Frosty. Only $.99 along with 8 other items on the dollar menu.
          • Skurt, on 03/16/2008, -0/+0That and Wendy's® Frostys™. Put one in a freezer and then try them, outstanding!
    • tracywood, on 03/15/2008, -2/+8Blatant attempt at viral marketing, and 99% of DIGG just fell for it.
      • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -2/+3Tell me about it! The reputation of Digg just fell a few notches.
    • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -3/+5DIGG THIS DOWN. People, don't your realize this is viral marketing BS? Send a message to advertisers: We don't want to be viral marketed on Digg.
      • FatLoser, on 03/16/2008, -2/+3Everything submitted to digg is for the purpose of making money for somebody. Why not digg this one? It was entertaining, unlike half the other ***** that makes it to the front page.
    • ThreeDee912, on 03/15/2008, -5/+3But... Will it blend...?
  • MookiBlaylock, on 03/15/2008, -31/+9I saw that commerical on TV. That's hilarious it got banned.
    • TonyKay, on 03/15/2008, -9/+2*****. The video was never seen... read the youtube description before you talk *****.
      • daRoach, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5It did air and was seen, don't believe everything you read.
      • c0baltfish, on 03/15/2008, -0/+4Yeah because You Tube descriptions are more valid than eye-witness accounts.
      • mydigga, on 03/15/2008, -1/+1I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a Wendy's HotNSpicy chicken sandwich today.
    • andburn1, on 03/15/2008, -0/+11Banned? What the *****, the story title and the video title are TOTALLY misleading. Even if we take this guy at his word, the commercial was merely rejected. Banned sounds like someone censored it - they could have rejected it for a lot of reasons. But it does call to mind quite quickly the mass of suicide bombings going on lately, so I don't blame them for not airing it.
    • Alegoo92, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1My god banned is going to become one of those ubiquitously misused words. It's "UNUSED" you wanted.
  • icametoplay, on 03/15/2008, -6/+13mmmmm....spicy
    • Kaiyu, on 03/15/2008, -1/+0I was hoping his genital areas would turn into dark red and start growing or sth. along those lines.
      • SuperCow1127, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1WTF? Why? No, don't answer.
      • badjoke, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1That's what I thought would happen, seeing as it was supposedly banned, but I wouldn't say I was hoping for it.
  • MarkusGarvey, on 03/15/2008, -50/+7buried for being a TV commercial....and having food that sucks...
    • andburn1, on 03/15/2008, -1/+7Wendy's is clearly the superior of the three. I blows McD's and BK out of the water.
      • rabiddachshund, on 03/15/2008, -0/+2For a good time call 623-7876
      • hugeego, on 03/16/2008, -0/+0anything is superior when compared to McDonald's ads.
    • studdenfadden, on 03/15/2008, -0/+8Anyone who hates Wendy's burgers is a square.
      • Namaha, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1Pun intended?
        • studdenfadden, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2What pun? Wendy's burgers are a 4 pointed diamond not a square.
    • Gratefuldead, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1what, you don't like commercials?
    • Tanishh, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3 As someone who rarely eats Wendy's and more often gets Taco Bell nowadays, I can say with a good amount of conviction that Wendy's has some pretty damn good food. Makes me sick less often than McDonalds too.
    • footodors, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1that new fish sandwich...mmmm,mmmm,good!
  • Koush, on 03/15/2008, -29/+72Doctor: "oh i'm sorry, that was a grenade."
    • futebollounge, on 03/15/2008, -11/+4hahaha idk why you got buried for that
    • debuggercll, on 03/15/2008, -1/+26Three people dead after grenade eating contest goes awry.
      • andburn1, on 03/15/2008, -2/+13Three people dead after grenade eating contest goes exactly as planned.
        • chrisj33, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5Three people dead after grenade eating contest.
        • huwy, on 03/16/2008, -0/+12 girls internet celebrities after ***** eating contest goes awry.
    • edicius, on 03/15/2008, -2/+3He's not a doctor.
  • MikeonTV, on 03/15/2008, -15/+245The explosion had nothing to do with spice. It was the chemical preservatives that are in all Wendy's food finally reacting to years of the fat man not caring for his body. That said, the burger is still pretty damned hot!
    • edicius, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3It's not a burger.
    • geddon, on 03/15/2008, -0/+4It ain't chicken, either!
    • DrZocktahedron, on 03/15/2008, -0/+6It obviously wasn't the spice,
      and Wendy's is one of the healthiest fast food restraunts out there
    • Afrotronics, on 03/15/2008, -2/+15Preservatives? As a former Wenchy's...er' um Wendy's employee I can guarantee you there are not many foods they offer that are high in anything that's considered REALLY unnatural.
      We seriously get all of the veggies and hand cut them and wash them by hand (with the exception of onions for pretty obvious reasons). So each leaf of lettuce you eat, salads included, come from a full head of lettuce. It is hand cut, and each friggin leaf is washed by our god forsaken bitch hands. The buns we use are usually made the day before we use them.
      The baked potatoes are regular ass potatoes cooked for about an hour or so in the oven. We usually serve the potates stright from the oven. The fries are pretty much just jullian cut potatoes (though there is a coating on them that prevents them from becoming mushy from being froze).
      The beef is regular square beef patties that is cooked as you order your burger. The chili meet is kind of shady (it's the meat we burned of f*cked up on the grill the day before, frozen in the freezer, and then boiled the next day).
      Though you do have a point with the chicken. I have no clue what is caked on that.
      Oh yeah and the dipping sauces (not the stuff put on sandwiches) are probably the worst thing for you because those DO contain lots of preservatives, but what do expect considering some of them contain dairy products and are stored at room temperature.
      • Afrotronics, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5Next time I'll proof read.
      • j4200, on 03/15/2008, -6/+2"(though there is a coating on them that prevents them from becoming mushy from being froze). " That is a preservative my friend. My roommate brings lettuce home for his pet rats. He works as a wench as well. That bag of lettuce usually lasts most of the week OUTSIDE of the fridge. I have yet to see any of the fries go bad yet. Most of the veggies that are "fresh" have been growing up surrounded by preservatives for most of their life before reaching the store. The beef already contains preservatives by the time you see it. The chicken has plenty. The buns have plenty. The cheese has enourmous amounts. Don't even get me started on the chilli.
        Are you trying to argue that Wendy's is a healthy fast food? Do you believe that fast food is healthy for you at all? How long did you work for Wendy's that they managed to brainwash you this much? You're worse than the common person, who doesn't even realize that fast food is horrible for your health, in that you argue for reasons that seem to justify fast food. Wake up. You're not working there anymore. It's safe to go to the grocery store again. Get some real nutrition.

        • Afrotronics, on 03/16/2008, -0/+5By no means am I saying it's healthy. As far as I know out of all of the fast food joints, it is probably the least guilty. The franchise I worked didn't have bagged lettuce either, which I've heard some franchises do. The meat doesn't have much preservative in packaging. The meat only lasts a few days and then we have to dispose of it, that's why we only serve meat fresh off of the grill and the chili meat has to be boiled before consumption. This can be different from franchise to franchise though.

          If the fries thaw and sit around for more than a few hours they begin to rot. Why waste money on having extra preservatives when your fries are frozen, the stuff they are coated in is a mild saline solution, which yes, salt is a preservative and I guess we all cry preservatives when we are sad, unless you are Chuck Norris.

          The cheese is American Cheese, so of course it has preservatives in it. The American Cheese you buy from the store is probably LOWER quality (if I can even use that word for American Cheese) than what you would get at just about any fast food restaurant. Most people buy American Cheese that is mostly vegetable oil because it's cheap and tastes alright. Most fast food places have to use high milk fat content cheese because the burger would look horrible with cheese that becomes translucent when you heat it up.

          Most of the stuff for the franchise I worked for was pretty much the same stuff you could buy at your grocery store in the produce section or from the counter at the meat department. In fact, if we ran out of certain ingredients, I would have to drive to the grocery store and get some more. We even had times when our lettuce would have bugs n ***** (not real ***** but you know what I mean) on it, so that gave me the clue that it couldn't be THAT contaminated with nasty chemicals.

          I do agree that pretty much a lot of fast food is detrimental to your health, especially in excess. It's fatty, salty, and it allows people to be lazy. What I don't agree with is you calling me "worse than the common person" (I hope you know your comma in that sentence changed the entire meaning of it). I'm a teacher now. I teach special ed students and music. I also have a computer science degree so I hope that kind of tells you that I'm not some kook off of the street just saying stuff out of my ass. I had to work odd jobs such as fast food to get where I am now so I have credibility in that department. I grew up in "the hood" and put myself through college. If you don't mind me asking, what have you achieved in life, and what are you doing to improve the lives of others, other than making judgements about that person when all a person is doing is sharing their experience?

          All I did was state what I know. I'm not trying to justify that fast food is good for you.
        • hammburglar, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2afrotronics: why cant more people on digg be like you. (by no means is that a sarcastic statement) and have intellegent arguements that dont end up boiling down to ***** YOU, YOU SEPLLED A WORD RONG HEHAHHAHA. FAIL!!! YOURE A SHEEP FOR DISAGREEING WITH ME!
          thank you sir
        • sleepwalkers, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2Where in afrotonic's post did s/he mention even the word "healthy" or even suggest that fast food is healthy? Your entire second paragraph is you simply calling afrotonic "worse than the common person" because they somehow think fast food is healthy, even though nothing of that sort was suggested.
      • MikeonTV, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2I own an organic food store so you have to understand my stance.
  • Flashtone, on 03/15/2008, -15/+96After this commercial
    "I'm thinking Arbys"
    • IceJelly, on 03/16/2008, -1/+3You can save 15% or more on your car insurance by switching to Geico.
      • fiskintl, on 03/16/2008, -2/+1i accidentally posted a comment and cant delete it. damn you diggggg!!!!!!
  • etgoboom, on 03/15/2008, -5/+298HOLY *****, that was unexpected, do not use headphones
    • TomGfromCanada, on 03/15/2008, -15/+10dky but that made me lol, im also high.
      • Dylson, on 03/15/2008, -13/+3Your high at 12 in the afternoon? Why
        • mirrorguy, on 03/15/2008, -1/+14I wish they would teach about timezones in school. Although you are probably too young to understand.
        • notanidiot, on 03/15/2008, -0/+8***** that! Why not be high during the day? Maybe then, you could figure out that 12:00 is never the afternoon, its just called "noon."
          • Dylson, on 03/16/2008, -5/+2If its even 1 second past 12:00, its afternoon.
          • notanidiot, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1No, if its 12:00, its still noon. How hard is that to understand? Noon isn't just one second.
        • Dylson, on 03/16/2008, -6/+1damn
          i like pooty tang
          • dannyb37, on 03/16/2008, -0/+7You might want to rethink your commenting plan!
    • ThreeDee912, on 03/15/2008, -0/+5...Or have the volume set really high...
  • samasperu, on 03/15/2008, -34/+4Almost funny. This is what I call a funny commercial: http://www.linkinn.com/_Hot_girls_rejected_Funny
    • GrammarNazi3000, on 03/15/2008, -1/+14kill yourself with fire
      • samasperu, on 03/15/2008, -13/+0You are a piece of *****. You have 18 diggs ever and 1,000 negative comments
        • theMADone, on 03/15/2008, -1/+9regardless of his digg history, you should listen to him, that advert was terrible.
      • leetninja, on 03/15/2008, -1/+1ill say it more politely in hopes that he listens ...

        go kill yourself with fire ... please ...
      • notanidiot, on 03/15/2008, -3/+2***** them, dude, I thought your thing was funny.
    • Chrispyc1211, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3I must politely disagree, faggoty sir.

  • wavesmachine, on 03/15/2008, -6/+120Oh Al Quaeda is gonna love this...
    • MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -1/+4Great, now you've given them the idea.
    • dukeeeey, on 03/16/2008, -1/+3al qaeda exists ?
    • error792, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1If you eat sandwiches, then the terrorists have won.
  • bossm4n, on 03/15/2008, -43/+12The entire commercial without the ending cut off. http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
  • growlands, on 03/15/2008, -6/+10I don't really see why it would be banned, but okay.
    • moletimer, on 03/15/2008, -0/+7Marketing stunt. It's basically just a video they decided not to air, so they thought they could use it as a viral advertising video online. Saying it was banned makes people want to watch it - which is why this vid has so many views and diggs.
    • goldenratiophi, on 03/16/2008, -0/+3not banned, just unused.
    • Herostratos, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1It is not banned, they simply didn't choose to run it.
  • emcc24, on 03/15/2008, -3/+197After seeing this commercial, President Bush raised the Homeland Security threat level to "Orange."
    • Sil369, on 03/15/2008, -0/+6No... No...Spicy Red.
    • Rocketbird, on 03/15/2008, -4/+7After seeing this commercial, President Bush raised the Homeland Security threat level to "Wendy's."
    • GhostyBoy, on 03/15/2008, -0/+6Then after getting a piece of steak stuck in his teeth he raised it to 'blood-red emergency' level.
    • akamurph, on 03/16/2008, -3/+3hmm, what should I say to get a ton of diggs... mmm, can't think of anything I'll just rip on Bush, that's always a winner.
  • antiorblkflag9, on 03/15/2008, -4/+49Better than any Wendy's commercial I have seen
    • TheWorm, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3Like the creepy cross dressing ones.
    • Rocketbird, on 03/15/2008, -1/+2I donno, the one with the mens' faces superimposed onto the screaming girls going nuts over the baconator...that was pretty funny.
    • Persian5Life, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanch "tell your ranch tooth friend to shut up" that one was by far the best.
  • zcets, on 03/15/2008, -14/+6reminds me of cloverfield when it explodes and the camera falls down
    • nsanidy, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3From what I've heard about this movie, isn't that almost EVERY scene?
  • futureisours, on 03/15/2008, -7/+1Text copying disabled.
  • 3drage, on 03/15/2008, -4/+39American TV is way too sterilized for it to be interesting.
  • TheTaoOfBill, on 03/15/2008, -7/+45EXCLAMATION POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • debuggercll, on 03/15/2008, -4/+3SHIFT+ONE11111111111111111
    • celkin, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2A COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE!!!1!11!!!!11!!!!1!1one!!!1!
  • cmyk, on 03/15/2008, -5/+153It was Tali-Banned.
    • debuggercll, on 03/15/2008, -2/+35I'm HIV positive that way funny.
      • john2kx, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2Indeed, that was way funny.
      • TheTaoOfBill, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1Oh come on dude. Wait for better times to use that.

        I officially dub you reference ruiner.
    • notanidiot, on 03/15/2008, -1/+4Booyah! Good one!
    • dudeguy1234, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1I see what you did there...
    • MrMacMan, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1*groan*
  • cambob76, on 03/15/2008, -11/+6Maybe they removed it for false advertising... North Americans generally hate spicy food, I guess, because restaurants never, ever, make anything hot here.
    • cap11235, on 03/15/2008, -0/+10Mexico is part of North America, just to let you know.
    • minigamer1896, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3It depends where you go.
    • senatorpjt, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3Yeah, at least mass market stuff. If I go to the Thai restaurant here they actually make spicy food. I just wish they sold Dave's Insanity Sauce in packets that I could bring to restaurants when they consider "suicidal hot" to be Frank's.
  • MattyLite, on 03/15/2008, -6/+27. . . why was it banned? Because Wendy's "Spicy" sandwiches are NEVER actually spicy?
  • shulkman, on 03/15/2008, -3/+6The explosion was just a little bit too realistic. It even came complete with a blast wave expanding in front of the explosion itself...
  • Fkb797, on 03/15/2008, -4/+4Holy ***** they hit it right on the head!!
    That's exactly what I feel like doing after I eat one of those things.
  • WebmastuhB, on 03/15/2008, -2/+109I wonder if the commercial was really banned, or if someone said "OOoooh. Lets make a funny commercial, never show it on tv, put it on YouTube, and watch it grow virally."
    • DavidinBoston, on 03/15/2008, -1/+31BINGO !!!
      • DeadFox1, on 03/15/2008, -3/+5BINGO BANGO !!!
      • celkin, on 03/16/2008, -2/+11. Make a funy commercial
        2. Never show it on TV
        3. Put it on YouTube
        4. Watch it grow quickly
        5. ?????
        6. Profit!
    • pencilneck, on 03/15/2008, -1/+14You get a cookie! I'm thinking the same thing... and I have a cookie.
    • zydeco, on 03/15/2008, -2/+9Welcome to the new internet, suckers.
    • LyndaO, on 03/15/2008, -1/+1Yep, exactly what I'm thinking!
    • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -2/+2The great thing about this is that there is a growing backlash against viral videos. Soon enough, viral videos will have the opposite effect and turn off people from the company using the tecnique.
    • adamchristopher, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1too bad this was shown on tv. i have seen it at least three times.
  • TubbyMcGee, on 03/15/2008, -3/+5this was infringing on the Emeril Lagasse catch-phrase BAM!
  • mlvassallo, on 03/15/2008, -4/+10Um... that was pretty tame.
  • shaitanx, on 03/15/2008, -3/+80Misleading title.. The commercial was not banned, it was simply not accepted.
    • Enron, on 03/15/2008, -0/+6You are correct. However, this is Digg. Titles without "BANNED" or "BREAKING" or something to that effect (in all caps) just won't fly.
    • Merrick178, on 03/16/2008, -1/+1"Funny Wendy's Commercial" would've gotten 1 digg only. Should've put BREAKING: TERRORISTS USING NEW FOOD EXPLOSIVE TO WIPE OUT AMERICA!!! Sneak peak in this Al Qaeda video.
  • ThrstForKnwldge, on 03/15/2008, -5/+0Is anyone else being taken to http://de.youtube.com ? I'm not in Germany so I don't know wtf is going on.
    • ThrstForKnwldge, on 03/15/2008, -0/+0Nevermind, I switched browsers and it took me to the U.S. site. Commence with the digg down.
    • Rocketbird, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1You're probably using a German proxy.
  • phishinphree, on 03/15/2008, -6/+21I logged in for the first time in months to bury this. When will people realize that advertising companies are using digg and other sites to get people to view AND pay attention to their ads? Eat it up guys.
    • mjl5629, on 03/15/2008, -4/+2buried as spam
    • iceeblue, on 03/15/2008, -2/+4Ok thanks. It was still funny and made me smile so I don't care. Would you have felt better if it was just an improv group and they did not use the name Wendy's. It made me smile not fun out and grab a chicken sandwich.
    • morninglorii, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3I enjoyed it, and I'm glad I watched it. I don't care if Wendy's is tricking me into watching their ads. They're not doing anything illegal, they're not hurting anyone... they're entertaining me and trying to make money. Go find something useful to be morally outraged about.
      • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -2/+1No, they're spamming Digg. If this video was titled "New ad released by Wendy's!" no one would bloody watch it.
      • morninglorii, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1Correct. And then I would've missed out on the enjoyment I got from seeing that ad. There are much worse crimes in the world than "spamming Digg", and the vast majority of them have much worse consequences than entertaining the viewer.
    • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -1/+2People need to start burying this video as inaccurate. I'm sick of viral marketing.
    • 3ugene, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2This is definitely Viral Marketing. The fact that I know what is so special about this excuse for food proves it. But when you think about it, isn't this kind of forcing good advertising? I still bury because I think it is unethical.
  • shortmilton, on 03/15/2008, -9/+1Dude musta' farted.
  • oojamaflip2006, on 03/15/2008, -4/+14Would have been funnier if he'd turned around and his ***** was on fire
  • coachmcguirk, on 03/15/2008, -7/+2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65tJigA2IcM&NR=1
    Another really good Wendy's ad that was banned.
  • shmidlab, on 03/15/2008, -9/+4he assploded
  • perfectprint, on 03/15/2008, -2/+33banned??? more like rejected. "As you may or may not know, I used to write advertising for Wendy's. They told my agency that they didn't want anyone to see this commercial." yeah, because it shows someone eating their product and then blowing up.
    • stonklit, on 03/15/2008, -2/+3Them blowing up is irrelevant.

      It's humor.

      If someone seriously gets turned off from a sandwich because they saw a commercial where a guy blew up, then they need to be shot in the head for being ***** stupid.
      • sporb, on 03/15/2008, -0/+2everyone who believes this ad was 'banned' arn't the brightest bulbs. he says wendy's rejected it... i could see them rejecting it, and i could also see them taking advantage of how stupid people are and trying to make it 'viral'. internet users are smarter than the average person, so just think of how stupid the mass market is.
      • Rocketbird, on 03/15/2008, -1/+1In fact, I think that that might motivate someone to buy it. Like "DUDE!! THAT SANDWICH IS SO SPICY IT'LL MAKE ME BLOW UP!! AWESOME!!"
  • samk, on 03/15/2008, -8/+1 Where's the blood??? If the guy explodes, I wanna see some blood.
  • Mikhail101, on 03/15/2008, -3/+3lol the guy posted a response video which is funnier i think about fortune cookies, dugg for that.
  • Hoogs, on 03/15/2008, -7/+2Why would they ban that?
  • juggalofr33k, on 03/15/2008, -5/+3The new way suicide bombers are getting the job done now... BAN WENDY'S!
  • mjl5629, on 03/15/2008, -1/+18and the crowd goes mild...
  • rushiku, on 03/15/2008, -5/+12Also rejected:

    Stand-up Comedian: That new Wendy's Lava Burger is so hot...
    Audience: How hot is it? -rolleyes-
    Comedian: Let me tell you, it's so hot that...BELCH
    - Stage erupts in flames, audience members catch fire and begin running around, setting fire to everything, screams of agony fill the air.
    Voice over: Wendy's new Lava Burger - So hot, you'll think you're at a Whitesnake concert.
  • samadam, on 03/15/2008, -3/+63Come on people. The commercial wasn't banned by Wendy's. It's a viral ad. If you can't recognize that this far into the internet, maybe you haven't been paying attention enough. If Wendy's was going to ban the commercial they would have stopped it before it was finished with full CG and all. They would have stopped it right after the script was written.
    • moletimer, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1True, but it's still pretty funny. Most digg users will have sussed out that this is just viral marketing.
    • lime148, on 03/16/2008, -1/+1Who gives a *****?
    • ennTOXX, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I'm not sure you even understand what you are writing. banned does not refer to stopping production, it refers to stopping the circulation of the ad... :||
  • mike23w, on 03/15/2008, -1/+12Fake viral marketing. I don't trust Dave Thomas or Wendy's anymore:(
  • directive0, on 03/15/2008, -0/+28Wow. This banned ad has changed my mind about buying a Wendys Four Alarm Spicy Chicken Sandwhich®. The fact that I saw this on the Internet presumably "unintentionally" presents it in a way that feels "edgy" and "hip", and totally checks my pre-to-post teen cynicism. I could probably even Email this webclip to my friends and family to let them in on the joke.
  • JDoorjam, on 03/15/2008, -1/+11Buried. This is viral marketing, people. You (and I) were just taken for a ride by the marketing people at Wendy's.

    It's a funny commercial, but this "banned" thing is just an attempt to get people to watch it without paying for the media time. Looks like it's working.
    • youjettisonme, on 03/15/2008, -1/+4We were "taken for a ride"? It's an entertaining little clip. You watched it willingly, knowing that it was a Wendy's add. Personally, I wasn't taken for a ride. I know what I was clicking. It entertained. Had it been an actual "banned commercial", would this have meant that your world was somehow made better?
      • Spudster, on 03/15/2008, -2/+1No, but no one here would give a ***** if it was a regular ad. The fact that it was supposedly "banned" makes it interesting and hip. You need to stop letting advertising companies game you into watching viral crap (especially such an amateur attempts such as this one).
    • solarweasel, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1funny thing is i still don't crave a wendy's spicy sandwich
    • CraigReed, on 03/16/2008, -1/+1Not to mention that I hardly consider being rejected the same as being banned.
      • dwninjungleland, on 03/16/2008, -1/+1You are dumb.
        • CraigReed, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1You idiot, Rejected means they thought it was no good, Banned means it got out in the open and was taken down.
          You DUMB.
    • dwninjungleland, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1I guess that's a good point, but it IS funny. I'd still digg it if it were dugg as an actual commercial. probably.
    • petebert, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1damn, that would explain why I'm craving for a jr. bacon cheeseburger!
  • DutchGuilder, on 03/15/2008, -6/+1This Little Caesars commercial is funnier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vYzzwGaQ5w
  • dgreichert, on 03/15/2008, -4/+2Anyone think of Cloverfield when they saw this?
  • kayjay, on 03/15/2008, -5/+0lol, wendy turns ordinary obese americans into suicide bombers.

    hahaha, trully unexpected!
  • hobit1980, on 03/15/2008, -4/+2That was funny, eat a wendy's spicy burger and you will explode :).
  • pirateDC, on 03/15/2008, -4/+2they don't allow this but they allow those axe commercials.
    • bcrockett, on 03/16/2008, -0/+2Actually, Wendy's doesn't decide what advertisements Axe is allowed to run anymore.
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